Debug log
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| Step1-title = Enable debug logging
| Step1 = The normal log file doesn't contain debugging information by default. To capture this information to the log you must first enable debug logging:
- In MrMC home screen -> Settings -> System -> Logging and turn on Enable debug logging
| Step2-title = Enable the web server | Step2 = To make it easy to access the log file from another computer on the same network, enable the built-in web server:
- In MrMC home screen -> Settings -> System -> Services and turn on Allow Remote control via HTTP
| Step3-title = Find your IP address | Step3 =
- TV users
From MrMC's home screen, move over to the "System" tab and then select the lower-menu item called "System information". Note the IP address listed under "General". {{-}
- Touch screen users
From MrMC's home screen, tap the system settings "gear" icon. Then tap the "i" icon. Note the IP address listed under "General".
| Step4-title = Restart MrMC
| Step4 = In order to record valuable startup information in the log, please quit MrMC completely and then re-open the program. The easiest method would be to simply restart your device, but for specific details see here.
| Step5-title = Capture the problem | Step5 = Once MrMC has started back up, give it a minute to "settle down", as various processes occur on a fresh startup. Then proceed to do whatever it is that triggers the bug or issue you are reporting. For example, if playing back a video causes an issue, play back that video.
| Step6-title = Download the log
| Step6 =
Using the IP address you got from Step 3, go to another computer on the same local network and type in
http://IPADDRESS:8080
Where IPADDRESS
is the number you got before. For example, if your IP address was 10.0.0.5 you would to go http://10.0.0.5:8080
Here you can access your current log file.
- Old log
If you are asked for the "old log", which is a log from the last time MrMC was running, you can use this address format to access it: http://IPADDRESS:8080/vfs%2Fspecial%3A%2F%2Flogs%2Fmrmc.old.log
| Step7-title = Posting your log file online | Step7 = Select and copy the whole log from your web browser. Then go to a paste website such as http://pastebin.com and make a new "paste" by pasting the log and submitting. Note the URL of your new log paste and give that link to whoever asked for your log.
| Step8-title = Turn off debug logging | Step8 = In MrMC home screen -> Settings -> System -> Logging and turn off Enable debug logging
Optionally, you can also turn off the web server if you do not use it for other features:
In MrMC home screen -> Settings -> System -> Services and turn off Allow Remote control via HTTP
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